Chapter 292: That was the trace of Shen Zhichu's struggle before his death
"Beep...beep..." The phone in my hand is still ringing.
Shen Zhichu gasped weakly, the pungent smell of smoke enveloped her respiratory tract. At this moment, her throat seemed to be pinched by a hand. She supported herself on the ground with one hand and dragged her two disabled legs back little by little. Finally, she picked up the remote control on the ground and turned on the TV.
At exactly twelve o'clock, the engagement party reached its climax. It was being broadcast live on TV. The engaged couple was extremely dazzling today. The man had a noble temperament and handsome appearance, and the woman next to him was wearing a long dress that matched him perfectly.
They are truly a perfect match, a talented man and a beautiful woman.
Shen Zhichu's eyes were fixed on Li Jingshen. She listened quietly to the waiting tone. After it rang ten times, she saw Li Jingshen on TV frowning and taking out his mobile phone from his shirt. When he saw the phone number displayed, he immediately picked up the phone.
"What's up?"
Shen Zhichu clenched the phone in his hand, his tone as light as the fusion of smoke and fire: "Li Jingshen, I saw you."
Li Jingshen's brows relaxed slightly after hearing Shen Zhichu's voice. He subconsciously went to look for Shen Zhichu, and then suddenly stopped. Shen Zhichu's leg was broken. How could she appear here?
"Are you watching live TV?" Li Jingshen asked.
"Um."
"Don't look." Li Jingshen found the live camera and looked over. The two of them seemed to be looking at each other across time and space.
"How can I not watch it? After all, we have known each other for so many years. It is only natural for the ex-wife to send blessings to the ex-husband." Shen Zhichu looked at Li Jingshen on TV with sarcasm. His hoarse voice was filled with a cold and murderous aura when listened carefully.
Li Jingshen's eyebrows were almost twisted into the shape of the Chinese character "川". Her mocking words were like a boning knife to him, killing without shedding blood and breaking his bones.
At this engagement party, he could face countless people's blessings, but he could not accept Shen Zhichu's, even if it was false.
He heard a crackling noise coming from his phone, and a strong sense of unease suddenly rose in Li Jingshen's heart. He changed the subject and asked a few questions in a row: "Why are there so many noises on your end? What are you doing? Where is Mrs. Liu?"
There were too many flammable items in the bedroom. The fire that was just at the door had spread to the middle, with flames floating in the air. In a moment, it would burn the TV and cause an explosion.
Shen Zhichu leaned his head against the French window, holding the phone in one hand and covering his nose with the other, coughing muffledly and saying, "Li Jingshen, I asked someone to prepare an engagement gift for you. He should have arrived at the scene."
The first person Li Jingshen thought of was Lu Tingchuan. It felt like a huge rock was pressing on his heart. It didn't hurt, but it was uncomfortable and heavy, making him feel suffocated.
"I don't want to receive an engagement gift from you. If you really want to give me a gift, then wait until I get back and give it to me in person." Li Jingshen always felt that Shen Zhichu would disappear before he could get back, and that elusive feeling of emptiness swept over his body.
"But this 'gift' can only be delivered by someone else on my behalf." Shen Zhichu looked at Li Jingshen on TV with sinister eyes, like the night. "Li Jingshen, you said you love me like crazy, you love me like a demon. My disappearance will drive you crazy... I hope you remember what you said and stay crazy for the rest of your life."
As she finished speaking, her tears were choked by the smoke, which made it difficult for her to open her eyes. She took a last look at the blurry TV screen.
The golden light in the church made him look like a god. He stood in the crowd, his expression changed from arrogance to panic, and his tightly pursed thin lips were bluish-white.
Chen Zhichu laughed, a laugh that came from her nose, muffled and like she was crying. Facing the glaring firelight, she shouted at the top of her lungs, without waiting for Li Jingshen to speak: "I wish the two newlyweds a long and happy marriage, and that they live to old age!"
After saying that, she threw the phone in her hand hard into the approaching fire. With an explosion, the phone shattered into pieces. Chen Zhichu turned around, rested her forehead on the window, and looked at Nian Nian who was covered in blood.
"I've only been taking care of you for a few months, and you've been so nice to me, and he..." She laughed at herself, the light in her eyes fading away, "Fortunately, he wasn't the one I liked in the beginning."
Shen Zhichu put his hand on the window and touched its head through the glass: "Niannian is about to burn here, I don't want you to see it here, go away, I will come to find you in the next life."
In this life, it wasn't her who found Niannian, but Niannian who found her. There are fish in Niannian. In the next life, it will be my turn to bring the fish to find you, okay?
With a face stained red with blood, Nian Nian called out hoarsely: "Meow..."
The TV screen went off. Besides the sound of fire, there was also a crackling sound from the electricity. The fire burned to the wall and then spread to the bed in the blink of an eye. Shen Zhichu smiled with relief. There was another explosion. This time the beam collapsed and blocked Shen Zhichu. The fire licked her toes, and it was scorching hot.
Shen Zhichu endured the pain and fell to the ground, looking at the foggy sky outside with half-closed eyes.
Today is Christmas. The dust on the glass looks like snow. Chen Zhichu looks at the sky blankly.
If she had known that this would be her fate, she would have let Li Jingshen freeze to death in the water on Christmas Eve that year.
Shen Zhichu covered her stomach. Her grandfather had stomach cancer and didn't survive for two years, but she survived for three years. It was enough.
I wonder if someone with such "serious sins" like her can be reincarnated after death? Will her parents and grandfather forgive her when she sees them?
The eldest daughter of the Shen family back then was so useless. She was blind and fell in love with the wrong person, which led to the destruction of her family.
She couldn't even forgive herself, let alone them.
She choked on mouthfuls of blood, and in the agony, she seemed to see Bai Qiu. He was still squatting on the ground like he was when they were little, smiling back at her, "Come on up, I'll carry you home."
"You finally came to pick me up..." She stretched out her hand towards the fire. In this short life, she had been warmed twice. The first time was when Bai Qiu carried her home at the age of eight, and the second time was in this fire, when the heat wave forced her tears out.
Tears flowed down her cheeks and into her mouth with a salty and astringent taste. She couldn't tell whether it was the taste of tears or the taste of blood, but they had one thing in common: they tasted bitter if held in the mouth for too long, bitterer than any medicine she had ever tasted.
...After its wings and legs were broken, the bird was finally dying.
This life is too bitter, she wants the next life to be sweeter. If possible, she hopes that after she dies, someone will put her ashes in a sugar jar, sprinkle some sugar on it, and throw it into the sea with the wind... because there will be people there holding candied haws and saying they will carry her home.
The fire burned her feet, and Shen Zhichu scratched and hit the glass in pain, her hands bleeding. The glass was covered with hideous bloodstains, which were the traces of her struggle before death.
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